F.+Scott+Fitzgerald

=**F. Scott Fitzgerald**=



http://www.sc.edu/fitzgerald/biography.html http://people.brandeis.edu/~teuber/fitzgeraldbio.html

> || Death || December 21, 1940 || > || Place of Birth || Saint Paul, Minnesota || > || Known for || Portraying the excesses of the 1920s and the attainment of the American dream during the era he called 'The Jazz Age' || > || || Mirroring events from his life in his novels and short stories || > || Milestone || **1917** Dropped out of Princeton University and enrolled in the U.S. Army, which was then entering World War I || > || || **1919** Worked for Barron Collier, a New York advertising agency || > || || **1920** Published his first novel, //The Other Side of Paradise//, shortly before marrying Zelda Sayre, the inspiration for several of his female characters || > || || **1922** Published the novel //The Beautiful and Damned// and a collection of short stories called //Tales of the Jazz Age// || > || || **1924** Moved to the French Riviera and befriended influential expatriate American writers such as Gertrude Stein and Ernest Hemingway || > || || **1925** Published his most celebrated novel, //The Great Gatsby//, which tells the story of a man who pursues the American dream but in the end is destroyed by it || > || || **1934** Published his last novel, the semiautobiographical //Tender is the Night// || > || || **1937** Moved to Hollywood to work as a screenwriter || > || || **1941** Fitzgerald's unfinished novel //The Last Tycoon// is posthumously published. || > || || **1945** //The Crack-Up//, a collection of Fitzgerald's short stories, essays, and letters, is posthumously published. || > || Quote || 'Let me tell you about the very rich. They are different from you and me.' //All the Sad Young Men// (1926). (Fitzgerald's friend, American writer Ernest Hemingway, incorporated this line into his short story 'The Snows of Kilmanjaro,' adding the reply 'Yes, they have more money.') || > || Did You Know? || As a young boy, Fitzgerald aspired to become a football hero and wrote a poem titled 'Football,' which appeared in his prep-school magazine. || > || || During his stint as a screenwriter, Fitzgerald's name appeared only once in film credits for cowriting the 1938 adaptation of //Three Comrades//. || > || || Zelda suffered numerous mental breakdowns, and Fitzgerald paid her mounting medical bills with money made from writing short stories for magazines. || > || || Fitzgerald used Zelda's actual legal and medical records in his novel //Tender is the Night//. || > || || Francis Scott Key, the composer of 'The Star-Spangled Banner,' was Fitzgerald's namesake and distant relative. ||
 * Life Timeline**
 * Born in St. Paul, Minnesota on September 24, 1896 to Edward and Mary (a.k.a. Mollie) Fitzgerald
 * Named after Francis Scott Key, author of the United States' national anthem "The Star Spangled Banner"
 * Had been an alcoholic since his college days
 * Claimed to have tuberculosis, but this was simply a pretext cover his drinking problems.
 * In 1913 he entered Princeton University
 * Was a mediocre student at Princeton
 * In 1917 he left Princeton to join the army
 * Was a part of the Lost Generation
 * Fitzgerald quit his job in July 1919 and returned to St. Paul to rewrite his novel as //This Side of Paradise// which made him famous almost overnight.
 * Married Zelda Sayre on April 3, 1920 at St Patrick's Cathedral in New York City
 * **On December 21, 1940 he died of a second heart attack at Sheilah Graham's apartment in Hollywood, California**
 * Views**
 * Once, Fitzgerald and his wife jumped into a fountain fully clothed. They were true to the attitude of the era.
 * Literary Achievements**
 * Began writing his first novel when he joined the army, he was sure he was going to die.
 * Finished four novels and left a fifth unfinished
 * Wrote many short stories which evoked themes of the “jazz age”
 * Wrote //The Great Gatsby// in France of 1924 while seeking tranquility
 * //[|This Side of Paradise]// (New York: [|Charles Scribner's Sons], 1920)
 * //[|The Beautiful and Damned]// (New York: Scribner, 1922)
 * //[|The Great Gatsby]// (New York: Scribner, 1925)
 * //[|Tender Is the Night]// (New York: Scribner, 1934)
 * //[|The Last Tycoon]// – originally //The Love of the Last Tycoon// – (New York: Scribners, published posthumously, 1941)
 * || Birth || September 24, 1896 ||